Taxonomy vs. Classification
Taxonomynoun
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
Taxonomynoun
A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
Taxonomynoun
The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Taxonomynoun
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants, primarily by consideration of their natural relationships with respect to their structure or genetic origin; the laws or principles of classification; systematics.
Taxonomynoun
A systematic arrangement of objects or concepts showing the relations between them, especially one including a hierarchical arrangement of types in which categories of objects are classified as subtypes of more abstract categories, starting from one or a small number of top categories, and descending to more specific types through an arbitrary number of levels. An ontology usually contains a taxonomy as one of the important principles of organization.
Taxonomynoun
a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Taxonomynoun
(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
Taxonomynoun
practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
Classificationnoun
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
Classificationnoun
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.
Classificationnoun
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Classificationnoun
a group of people or things arranged by class or category
Classificationnoun
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
Classificationnoun
restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
Classificationnoun
the action or process of classifying something
Classificationnoun
the arrangement of animals and plants in taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities (including at least kingdom and phylum in animals, division in plants, and class, order, family, genus, and species)
Classificationnoun
a category into which something is put
